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  • Wild Irish Moon by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Moon by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    NY Times & USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, takes you back to the rocky shores of Ireland in this enchanting addition to the bestselling Mystic Cove series...
  • Liam by Nyssa Kathryn

    Liam by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    She’s looking for a fresh start…she finds him.Nylah Walker knows what it’s like to be protected. You don’t grow up with five brothers without having someone close by, watching your back at all times. She craves independence, and Cradle Mountain is her fresh start. Her new beginning...
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  • Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Charlie is overwhelmed. Shadow Pine is changing so fast it takes everything she has just to keep up. Every minute of the day now goes to stocking shelves. Counting inventory. Filling out freaking spreadsheets. It’s miserable. And it’s all because of one man. Adam Bollingsworth. If the newscaster hadn’t insisted on writing that story, then everything would still be like it was...
  • The Elemental Mysteries: Complete Series by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Elemental Mysteries: Complete Series by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For the first time ever, get all of the best-selling Elemental Mysteries in one limited edition bundle. All four books, along with a brand new novella and other bonus content. Welcome to the ELEMENTAL MYSTERIES , where history, romance, and the paranormal collide, and where no secret stays hidden forever...
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    m-f  contemporary  fantasy  paranormal
  • A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away...
  • Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love...
  • Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley

    Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Even mermaids fall sometimes…The ladies of The Laughing Mermaid guesthouse are renowned for both their beauty and their enchanting ways. Jolie, one of the owners, has only dated casually for years, as she is searching for the one man who has been foretold to be her future. When he arrives, Jolie is shocked to find him impervious to her charms...
  • Witching For Hope: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Hope: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hope Anderson loves her life. She has a great business that’s thriving, the best friends a girl could ever have, and a coven she can count on. Oh, and she’s been single for over fifteen years and likes it that way… until the love of her life, Lucas King, walks back into town and throws everything she thought she knew about herself into chaos...
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    m-f  contemporary  paranormal  humor  witches  fantasy
  • Griffins and Apple Pies by Zoe Chant

    Griffins and Apple Pies by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Controlling his griffin just got a whole lot harder…Landscape gardener Kieran’s unruly shifter side is getting out of hand. Mowing lawns? Griffin time. Grocery shopping? Griffin in the cart. This is definitely not a good time to finally meet his fated mate… especially when she’s only in town for a mandatory vacation.Workaholic Natasha never intended to return to her small hometown...
  • Witching For Kismet by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Kismet by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carly Preston has always lived her life by her own rules. At fifty, she doesn’t have many regrets. In fact, there’s only one… the night she lost her co-star in a freak accident. Despite doing everything she could to save him, she’s always blamed herself...
  • Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim?Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company...
  • Single Dad in a Kilt by Kait Nolan

    Single Dad in a Kilt by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say timing is everything, and for single dad Hamish Colquhoun, the timing couldn't be worse. With a new law practice to establish, a centuries-old farmhouse to restore, and the challenges of raising a tween daughter, romance is the last thing on his mind...
  • The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Special gifts.....for three magical cousins. New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a special trade-size collection featuring three of her most beloved stories from the Donovan family series. Three Donovan cousins must learn to accept their mystic legacies while falling under the spell of love...
  • The Kraken King and the Empress's Eyes by Meljean Brook

    The Kraken King and the Empress's Eyes by Meljean Brook

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Experience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook. The Kraken King, Part VIIThe Kraken King and the Empress’s Eyes In the imperial city, nothing escapes the attention of the empress’s spies...
  • Blood Ransom by Sophie McKenzie

    Blood Ransom by Sophie McKenzie

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    CLONES RACHEL AND THEO NOW LIVE THOUSANDS OF MILES APART. THEY KEEP IN TOUCH, BUT THINGS JUST AREN T THE SAME. WHEN RACHEL DISCOVERS THAT EVIL SCIENTIST ELIJAH IS STILL WORKING IN SECRET FOR A SECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ABOUT TO MURDER DANIEL, SHE SETS OUT TO RESCUE THE LITTLE BOY, BUT HER PLANS BACKFIRE WITH DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES...
  • Encala by T.M. Nielsen

    Encala by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Encala, Book 3 in the Heku Series, finds Emily and Chevalier settled into the palace and life as one of the ruling heads of the Equites begins. The Equites elect Damon onto the Equites Council and he immediately finds himself at odds with Emily. Her independence and head-strong personality harshly conflict with his strict nature as one of the ‘old ones’...
  • Witching For Moxie by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Moxie by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Iris Hartman thought she’d finally gotten everything she’d ever wanted. She had her dream job of mayor of Premonition Pointe and was married to a handsome, charismatic man who adored her. But after finding out her husband was involved with a local drug dealer, she suddenly found herself single and forced to step down as mayor. Now she’s starting over...
  • Lighthouse Way - Special Edition: A Huckleberry Bay Novel by Kristen Proby

    Lighthouse Way - Special Edition: A Huckleberry Bay Novel by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Luna Winchester’s life is firmly entrenched in the coastal town of Huckleberry Bay, Oregon. A fourth-generation lightkeeper, Luna is carrying on the Winchester tradition by tending to the lighthouse. Plus, she’s decided to renovate a long-abandoned building on the property and make it a B&B, Luna’s Light. Surrounded by family and her two childhood best friends, her life is full...
  • Shiver Me Timbers by Cassie Mint

    Shiver Me Timbers by Cassie Mint

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    My crush is so obvious, even the ghosts ship us together.But he’s off limits… and my dad’s best friend.Oh, my dad passed away years ago, but do you think that makes Duncan Matlock any less loyal to his memory? No, sir. It does not.Duncan will keep a respectful distance from me until his last breath, I’m sure of it. Never mind the monster crush I’m carrying for him...
  • Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For years, Jackson Murphy and Jonas Brooks have been dancing around each other in a waltz of uncertainty and longing. One unexpected kiss meant to comfort rattles the two alphas, but neither is willing to make the first move. Now, their meddling packs are conniving to force the two alphas to see what they truly share — a bond of love...
  • Shades of Blood by Samantha Young

    Shades of Blood by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Eden’s life has taken a turn she would never have imagined. She’s gone from soul eater to warrior, left behind a family she was ashamed of and moved in with one she admires. She has a purpose, a future, and… she has Noah. Life should be good. But… the most fervent and powerful soul eaters are determined to take down the Ankh and Eden is the key to the destruction of the warrior race...
  • Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger

    Darkness Bound by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tough, smart, and seriously ambitious, reporter Jacqueline “Jack” Dolan despises the secretive clan of shape-shifters known as the Ikati—and has become determined to destroy them. After she writes an editorial arguing for their extermination and turns public opinion against them, the Ikati vow to fight back...
  • The Calhoun Women: Lilah & Suzanna by Nora Roberts

    The Calhoun Women: Lilah & Suzanna by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Introducing Lilah and Suzanna Calhoun. For all his degrees, Professor Max Quartermain has a lot to learn about love--and luscious Lilah Calhoun is just the woman to teach him. Ex-cop Holt Bradford is as prickly as a thorn bush--until Suzanna Calhoun's special touch makes love blossom in his heart...
  • The Calhoun Women: Catherine & Amanda by Nora Roberts

    The Calhoun Women: Catherine & Amanda by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nora Roberts brings us three enduring and classic love stories.Courting CatherineCatherine "C.C." Calhoun was not going to let anyone take away the Towers—especially not handsome hotel magnate Trenton St. James. As far as Trent was concerned, his dealings with C.C. were strictly business...
  • Valle by T.M. Nielsen

    Valle by T.M. Nielsen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The ominous Valle Faction vows to gain possession of what the Equites has hidden in the well protected Island Coven. Just as Emily thinks she’s found peace in the volatile world of the heku, she’s brutally ripped from the protective walls of Chevalier’s coven and thrown into the harsh reality of a Valle prison...
  • Broken by Layla Frost

    Broken by Layla Frost

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Layla Frost… You know the deal by now. Fated mates. Nefarious baddies. Grumpy-sunshine. And all the spicy tension. I’d been called a lot of things.Cold.Cynical.Jaded. An antisocial basta—You get the point.I’d say it came with being an overworked doctor, but that wasn’t the case. In my own personal purgatory, I’d lost touch with what I was meant to do—who I was...
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    m-f  paranormal  fantasy  insta-love  contemporary  magic
  • Touching Eternity by Airicka Phoenix

    Touching Eternity by Airicka Phoenix

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before Fallon was created to destroy. Before love became the ultimate weapon of destruction. There was Amalie and the horror that started a revolution that tore the fabric of humanity, of everything standing in the balance between power, hope and survival. Amalie has one wish, one gnawing desire — she wants to die. She wants to leave this world behind with its pain and darkness...
  • CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes CHECK, book #3 of the Romantic Suspense series, Mr. Rook’s Island. (Approx. 225 pages) SHE’S ONLY GOT DAYS TO LIVE. HE’S GOT HOURS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING THE WOMAN YOU LOVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR MORE TIME? Mr. Rook, eccentric billionaire and owner of the most exclusive island resort in the world, has a secret...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  suspense  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary
  • High Intensity by Dara Joy

    High Intensity by Dara Joy

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    WHAT IS HIGH INTENSITY? Silken Caresses. Steak bomb sandwiches. A hot press of lips. A haunted chef. Seductive touches in the dark. Spirits who gobble the haute cuisine. A master strategist. A miscreant ghost. And a very, very fat cat...
  • Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger

    Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Six years after a shocking tragedy left her emotionally and physically scarred, Ember Jones lives a life of quiet isolation in Barcelona. Determined to keep her troubled past a secret, she keeps her head down and her heart locked up tight. Until the day a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into her life, and her carefully controlled world is shattered forever...
  • Orchid by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Orchid by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLEThe wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz creates "delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense" (Booklist) in the "unique, synergistic world of St. Helens (Library Journal), the not-so-distant space colony where hearts and minds are gloriously in sync! A top psychic for exclusive Psynergy Inc...
  • Boot Points by Ann Charles

    Boot Points by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s not really about the boots … or is it? BOOT POINTS is a set of short tales about Violet Parker’s purple boots. It is set in the story time between the third and fourth books in the Deadwood Mystery series. Each tale not only explains more of Violet’s history, but also shows the role each character plays in Violet’s life...
  • Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix

    Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Genre: Romance with paranormal elements. Book Two in the Firefly Hollow Series. When Zanny Franks Campbell walks in on her husband kissing another woman, she’s devastated but not surprised. She’s known something was wrong for a while but hasn’t had the courage to find out what...
  • Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ink Ever After by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Montgomery Ink and Talon Pack series comes an anthology filled with eleven bonus After-the-HEA novellas and short stories in most of her series.Their Wicked Future (A Redwood Pack and Talon Pack Novella) Quinn and Gina almost sacrificed everything to save their Pack and their mating...
  • No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Two exciting novels by one talented New York Times bestselling author, together for the first time in a single volume. SOFT FOCUS Executive Elizabeth Cabot knows when to cut her losses--and she runs her personal life the same way. So when she learns that Jack Fairfax has deceived her, she's determined to end their romantic relationship...
  • Eternal Flame Bundle by Cynthia Eden

    Eternal Flame Bundle by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: this bundle is not in chronological order. To avoid spoilers, the bundle should be read in this order: second book, third book, first book Eternal Flame Cynthia Eden invites you into the world of the Others--supernatural creatures who are sexy, powerful, and more than human in every way... No one that deadly should look that good...
  • All the King's Men: The Beginning by Donya Lynne

    All the King's Men: The Beginning by Donya Lynne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOTE: This book is a prequel. Reading the first five books of the series will greatly enhance your reading experience of this book. Micah Black is a vampire in trouble. He already lost one mate in the Middle Ages and barely survived her passing. Now, he's about to lose another, and this time it could kill him. Except he's not entirely convinced he has actually mated Jackson...
  • Bayou Heat Collection One by Laura Wright, Alexandra Ivy

    Bayou Heat Collection One by Laura Wright, Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    6 Gorgeous Puma Shifters, 6 Sexy Stories... The Bayou Heat Collection One includes the following six bestselling paranormal romance titles by Alexandra Ivy and Laura Wright: RAPHAEL/PARISH BAYON/JEAN-BAPTISTE TALON/XAVIER Author Note: Each title can be purchased individually or as a box set. 120,000 words. A USA Today Bestseller! New Year. New World. New Species...
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    m-f  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  length-long
  • The Mage by Jean Johnson

    The Mage by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This is the final book in the acclaimed series of "cursed brothers, fated mates, prophecies... destiny and magic."(Robin D. Owens) New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz hails Jean Johnson's writing as "fabulously fresh, thoroughly romantic, and wildly entertaining." Now, Johnson returns for the final book in the series of eight brothers destined to fulfill a strange prophecy...
  • Quenched by Z.L. Arkadie

    Quenched by Z.L. Arkadie

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sense of duty takes Clarity back to the script where she learns there's a new breed of vampires in the world, stemming from Lario Exgesis, once friend now foe. These second-generation vampires are able to hunt and feed off the first- generation vampires. Clarity also sees that Lario is looking for the power of the sun, a power gifted to the seven daughters of the House of Benel...
  • Cooper's Fall by Lora Leigh

    Cooper's Fall by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Former ranger turned bar owner Ethan Cooper never expected to get an eyeful of prim Miss Sarah Fox from his attic window one hot summer afternoon. But now his blood is on fire for the delicious little minx...
  • Dying To Forget by Trish Marie Dawson

    Dying To Forget by Trish Marie Dawson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    "...With trembling fingers, I reach up and touch the hard and chiseled contours of his chest while Ryan's large and strong hands roam over my entire body, feeling and squeezing everything. I've never been touched like this before and my insides are starting to freak out. "I want you, Piper," he murmurs into my neck...
  • Fated To Be King by Skye Alder

    Fated To Be King by Skye Alder

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was supposed to be a vacation.I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland and when I win my dream vacation, I have nothing but high hopes for the trip.Then I get turned around and when I stop to ask for directions, I’m led to this castle and entered into some kind of Queen ceremony.I’m trying to stay positive. I’ll just explain that I would make a terrible Queen and get back to my vacation...
  • Snake in the Grass by Staci Hart

    Snake in the Grass by Staci Hart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The truth changes everything. It’s round two of high stakes Love Connection on Olympus, and this time, everything has changed. Ares is on deck, and as much as Aphrodite loves to love him, she doesn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, which isn’t very far. But she never could resist him, even knowing he was a liar...
  • Heart of Darkness by Felicity Heaton

    Heart of Darkness by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vampire prince on a four hundred year old mission to avenge his murdered sister... Aleksandr Nemov won't stop until the last of the vampire hunter's progeny is wiped from the Earth. Each kill has stolen a piece of his humanity, pushing him towards the black abyss all vampires hold within their hearts...
  • Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His Fate is finally in front of him…and he’s never letting go. Morgan and Magnus Grimm return from their search for Skuld, Norn of the Future, only to find that she’s been living under their noses this whole time...
  • Veined by Anyta Sunday

    Veined by Anyta Sunday

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It could be worse for Sylva Lark. She could be dead. A coma was nothing to that. Or her family moving across country for the treatment, leaving her with a big blue mark on her back. She can handle it. Mostly. Except the mark glows and tingles, especially whenever transition helper Atticus Plot (Attic) is close by...
  • Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

    Vampire, Vampire by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With her latest sizzling release, Vampire, Vampire, New York Times and USA Today bestselling paranormal romance author Heather Killough-Walden shares two scorchingly hot, sweet and savage stand-alone vampire romance novellas. (Total word count approx. 70,000 words) In the completely reconstructed Thorn and Grace, an old tale of historical romance is given a very dark make-over...
  • Helpless by Scott Prussing

    Helpless by Scott Prussing

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Helpless is the third book in the paranormal romance series Blue Fire Saga. I don't want to write any "spoilers" for books 1 and 2 by summarizing the plot of Helpless here. Helpless continues the adventures of Leesa and her vampire hunter boyfriend Rave. Rest assured it is filled with the same passion, humor, suspense and supernatural danger as the Breathless and Deathless (books 1 and 2)...
  • Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy

    Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lora Leigh, the New York Times best-selling author of Nauti Intentions and Nauti Dreams revisits that sultry and ¿sinfully good¿ (Joyfully Reviewed) Southern landscape with a story of a young woman whose desire for a Boston attorney draws them both into a dangerous undercover investigation, and an adversary as lethal as he is relentless...
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